First confirmation of salmonid alphavirus infection in rainbow trout in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia

Vladimir Radosavljevic; Adnan Jazic; Vesna Milicevic; Savic Bozidar; Almedina Zuko; Dimitrije Glisic; Jelena Maksimovic-Zoric; Niels Jørgen Olesen

doi:10.3354/dao03684

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DAO 150:153-159 (2022) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/dao03684

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First confirmation of salmonid alphavirus infection in rainbow trout in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia

Vladimir Radosavljevic^1,*, Adnan Jazic², Vesna Milicevic¹, Savic Bozidar¹, Almedina Zuko³, Dimitrije Glisic¹, Jelena Maksimovic-Zoric¹, Niels Jørgen Olesen⁴

¹Institute of Veterinary Medicine of Serbia, Janisa Janulisa 14, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
²Department of Aquaculture, Veterinary Faculty of Sarajevo, University of Sarajevo, Zmaja od Bosne 90, 71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
³Department of Parasitology and Invasive Diseases, Veterinary Faculty of Sarajevo, University of Sarajevo, Zmaja od Bosne 90, 71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
⁴Danmarks Tekniske Universitet Institut for Akvatiske Ressourcer, Kemitorvet, Building 202, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark

*Corresponding author: vladimiradosavljevic@yahoo.co.uk

ABSTRACT: Sleeping disease is a highly infectious viral disease caused by salmonid alphavirus subtype 2 (SAV2 FW), affecting mainly rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss farmed in freshwater. During March to May 2014, disease episodes with clinical signs of sleeping disease in rainbow trout fingerlings occurred almost simultaneously in 2 trout farms located in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and Serbia. The infection of rainbow trout with SAV2 FW in 2 farms was confirmed by virus isolation and molecular methods. This is the first isolation and molecular characterization of SAV2 FW in BiH and Serbia.

KEY WORDS: Sleeping disease · Salmonid alphavirus · Rainbow trout · Phylogeny

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Cite this article as: Radosavljevic V, Jazic A, Milicevic V, Bozidar S and others (2022) First confirmation of salmonid alphavirus infection in rainbow trout in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia. Dis Aquat Org 150:153-159. https://doi.org/10.3354/dao03684

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DAO 150:153-159 (2022) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/dao03684

NOTE First confirmation of salmonid alphavirus infection in rainbow trout in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia

Vladimir Radosavljevic1,*, Adnan Jazic2, Vesna Milicevic1, Savic Bozidar1, Almedina Zuko3, Dimitrije Glisic1, Jelena Maksimovic-Zoric1, Niels Jørgen Olesen4

NOTE
First confirmation of salmonid alphavirus infection in rainbow trout in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia

Vladimir Radosavljevic^1,*, Adnan Jazic², Vesna Milicevic¹, Savic Bozidar¹, Almedina Zuko³, Dimitrije Glisic¹, Jelena Maksimovic-Zoric¹, Niels Jørgen Olesen⁴